KST Pyongyang to CET Converter
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KST and CET examples
These examples always use KST (UTC+8:30) and CET (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
KST is 7 hours and 30 minutes ahead of CET.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, KST Pyongyang is 6 hours and 30 minutes ahead of CEST. At other times of the year, KST Pyongyang is 7 hours and 30 minutes ahead of CET.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in KST Pyongyang correspond to 2:30 am to 10:30 am in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in KST Pyongyang correspond to 1:30 am to 9:30 am in CET.
Compare KST time with CET time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pyongyang Time is 7 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Central European Time
8:30 pm20:30 in KST is 1:00 pm13:00 in CET
KST to CET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4:30pm-5pm in KST which corresponds to 9am-9:30am in CET
8:30 pm20:30 Pyongyang Time (KST). Offset UTC +8:30 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
8:30 pm20:30 KST / 1:00 pm13:00 CET
| KST | CET |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 4:30 pm |
| 1am | 5:30 pm |
| 2am | 6:30 pm |
| 3am | 7:30 pm |
| 4am | 8:30 pm |
| 5am | 9:30 pm |
| 6am | 10:30 pm |
| 7am | 11:30 pm |
| 8am | 12:30 am |
| 9am | 1:30 am |
| 10am | 2:30 am |
| 11am | 3:30 am |
| 12pm (noon) | 4:30 am |
| 1pm | 5:30 am |
| 2pm | 6:30 am |
| 3pm | 7:30 am |
| 4pm | 8:30 am |
| 5pm | 9:30 am |
| 6pm | 10:30 am |
| 7pm | 11:30 am |
| 8pm | 12:30 pm |
| 9pm | 1:30 pm |
| 10pm | 2:30 pm |
| 11pm | 3:30 pm |
| 00:00 | 16:30 |
| 01:00 | 17:30 |
| 02:00 | 18:30 |
| 03:00 | 19:30 |
| 04:00 | 20:30 |
| 05:00 | 21:30 |
| 06:00 | 22:30 |
| 07:00 | 23:30 |
| 08:00 | 00:30 |
| 09:00 | 01:30 |
| 10:00 | 02:30 |
| 11:00 | 03:30 |
| 12:00 | 04:30 |
| 13:00 | 05:30 |
| 14:00 | 06:30 |
| 15:00 | 07:30 |
| 16:00 | 08:30 |
| 17:00 | 09:30 |
| 18:00 | 10:30 |
| 19:00 | 11:30 |
| 20:00 | 12:30 |
| 21:00 | 13:30 |
| 22:00 | 14:30 |
| 23:00 | 15:30 |
Pyongyang Time
Offset: KST is 8 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
KST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0830 - basic
- +08:30 - extended
- +0830 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
- Korea Standard Time - UTC +9
- Pyongyang Time - UTC +8:30
Central European Time
Offset: CET is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries using this time zone: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Tunisia, Vatican City
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CET time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Algiers, Rome, Paris.
German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).
Start: Central European Time (CET) started on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.
End: Central European Time (CET) ends on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.
CET representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for CET
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Africa/Algiers
- Africa/Ceuta
- Africa/Tunis
- Arctic/Longyearbyen
- Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
- CET
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Europe/Andorra
- Europe/Belgrade
- Europe/Berlin
- Europe/Bratislava
- Europe/Brussels
- Europe/Budapest
- Europe/Busingen
- Europe/Copenhagen
- Europe/Gibraltar
- Europe/Ljubljana
- Europe/Luxembourg
- Europe/Madrid
- Europe/Malta
- Europe/Monaco
- Europe/Oslo
- Europe/Paris
- Europe/Podgorica
- Europe/Prague
- Europe/Rome
- Europe/San_Marino
- Europe/Sarajevo
- Europe/Skopje
- Europe/Stockholm
- Europe/Tirane
- Europe/Vaduz
- Europe/Vatican
- Europe/Vienna
- Europe/Warsaw
- Europe/Zagreb
- Europe/Zurich
- MET
- Poland
- BST - British Summer Time
- CET - Central European Time
- IST - Irish Standard Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- A - Alpha Time Zone
- CET - Central European Time
- MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
- BMT - Biel Mean Time